Review Agenda Item
Meeting Date: 5/17/2023 - 5:30 PM
Category: RESEARCH, EVALUATION & REPORTING
Type: Action
Subject: 20.2 Renewal Agreement with the SAS Institute, Inc. to provide a Statistical Software Package for 2023-2024 school year.
District Goals:
Goal 3 Data-Driven Instruction
Create a school-wide culture based on high expectations and accountability using qualitative and quantitative data to support decision-making and address inequities for each student.
Goal 4 Support Student Needs
Establish inclusive learning communities that support students with diverse social and emotional needs for equitable student growth and development.
Enclosure
File Attachment:
SAS Estimate 2023-2024.pdf
SAS 2023-2024 Questionaire.pdf
BOCS Worksheet for SAS 2023-2024.xlsx
Schedule B for SAS Statistical Software.xlsx
Rationale: This software will continue to serve the analytic, data management, and reporting needs for the data warehouse, assessment (administration, scoring and reporting), research studies and analysis, and selected student information/data processing needs.
AMOUNT: $12,059.00
Funding: ACCOUNT NUMBER: 450-5260-100000-1681-B2300
Contractual Account
AMOUNT: $12,059.00
Resolution: WHEREAS the District has used SAS statistical software to perform
an extensive array of data and programming tasks that include
data analysis, statistical tests, assessment scoring, assessment reporting to schools, and state accountability reporting, and

WHEREAS the District is meeting the challenges of building
and editing New York State data warehouse submissions using
the SAS statistical package, and

WHEREAS the software package is valuable as a tool to
access the data warehouse for editing and related tasks,
and,

WHEREAS the District has successfully used the SAS
statistical package since 1990, and,

WHEREAS the demands associated with assessment,
state reporting, data warehouse and quality control of
student data require maintaining the number of users
and licensed modules, and,

WHEREAS the District has evaluated past services from
the vendor and has determined that SAS has performed
in a satisfactory manner,

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: that the Board
of Education hereby authorizes the Superintendent of Schools
to renew the licensing of SAS Statistical analysis software
package at a total cost not to exceed $12,059.00.
Approvals:
Recommended By:
Signed By:
Dr. Rachel Cole - Executive Director
Signed By:
Dr. Fenix Arias - Manager of Administration
Signed By:
Tom Collich - Purchasing Director
Signed By:
Finance Department - Finance Reviewer
Signed By:
Elizabeth Janocha - Deputy Commissioner
Signed By:
John Liszewski - Commissioner
Signed By:
Matthew Gallagher - Corporation Counsel
Signed By:
Dr. Edwin M. Quezada - Superintendent of Schools
Vote Results:

Original Motion
Member Rosemarie Linton Moved, Member Dr. Rosalba Corrado Del Vecchio seconded to approve the Original motion 'WHEREAS the District has used SAS statistical software to perform
an extensive array of data and programming tasks that include
data analysis, statistical tests, assessment scoring, assessment reporting to schools, and state accountability reporting, and

WHEREAS the District is meeting the challenges of building
and editing New York State data warehouse submissions using
the SAS statistical package, and

WHEREAS the software package is valuable as a tool to
access the data warehouse for editing and related tasks,
and,

WHEREAS the District has successfully used the SAS
statistical package since 1990, and,

WHEREAS the demands associated with assessment,
state reporting, data warehouse and quality control of
student data require maintaining the number of users
and licensed modules, and,

WHEREAS the District has evaluated past services from
the vendor and has determined that SAS has performed
in a satisfactory manner,

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: that the Board
of Education hereby authorizes the Superintendent of Schools
to renew the licensing of SAS Statistical analysis software
package at a total cost not to exceed $12,059.00.'. Upon a Roll-Call Vote being taken, the vote was: Aye: 8 Nay: 0.
The motion Carried 8 - 0
   
Rosemarie Linton     Yes
Lawrence Sykes     Yes
Amjed Kuri     Yes
Sheila Greenwald     Yes
Gail Burns     Yes
Dr. Rosalba Corrado Del Vecchio     Yes
Kevin Cacace     Yes
Rev. Steve Lopez     Yes